The French Department got off to a lively start to the Academic year, as ever, with a celebration of European…
Computer Science @ Junior School
Greetings all! It has been a couple of weeks since the pupils have regained their rightful place in the classroom….
Art in Pre-Prep
We love Art in Pre-Prep! Art weaves its way throughout all subjects of the curriculum and the boys always enjoy…
English Storytelling
As part of Year 3’s English lessons, pupils take part in drama activities to retell stories. This benefits their learning…
Maths Department – First Week Back
Hello all. The Maths Department are delighted to be back in the new normal. We have been looking forward to…
First Year. First Impressions.
How many times have you been told that this has been a strange year? If I had said less than…
Leavers 2021
To our leavers, and I include the successful 10+ and 11+ leavers and indeed every boy who has had to…
Don’t Make Assumptions
It was a pleasure this week to have Year 3 and 4 together for a socially distanced assembly in the…
Headmasters Blog – Diversity at Durston
Diversity is a theme that I promised the boys that I would come back to this summer term, and the…
Capacity in Year 1
At Durston we have embraced a ‘Mastery in Maths’ approach to teaching.This method for teaching Mathematics has strong emphasis on…